In
1879,
23-year-old
Robert
McNeil,
who
had
recently
graduated
from
the
Philadelphia
College
of
Pharmacy
and
Science,
paid
$167
for
a
fully
outfitted
drugstore
that
would
soon
bear
his
name.
McNeil
undoubtedly
hoped
that
the
store’s
soda
fountain
would
prove
as
much
a
draw
to
the
residents
of
Philadelphia’s
Kensington
section
as
the
medicines
he
planned
to
make
and
sell,
but
he
could
hardly
have
imagined
that
a
drug
stamped
with
the
McNeil
name
would
one
day
be
the
first
choice
for
pain
and...